Police seek suspect who attacked several people at East Burnside MAX station

View full sizePortland Police BureauPolice released surveillance image of the suspect, seen in the orange shirt. He was described as in his late 20s or early 30s, about 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighing about 230 pounds. He has short hair and no facial hair.

Portland police are looking for a man who attacked several people waiting for a MAX train in earlier this month.

Just before 8 a.m. on Oct. 18, the suspect approached two teenage girls waiting at the platform at East Burnside and 162nd Avenue, said Lt. Robert King of the Portland Police Bureau. The suspect, who King said appeared to know the two teenagers, immediately grabbed one by the neck, pushed her into a ticket machine and took her purse.

Another man at the platform tried to intervene, but the suspect knocked him to the ground and tried to stomp on him, King said. Several bystanders tried to pull the suspect away from the victim, but the suspect began to "fight wildly," knocking one man off the platform and onto the tracks.

A woman standing on a sidewalk by the platform then yelled she was going to call 9-1-1, prompting the suspect to run to her and punch her in the head. The blow knocked the woman to the ground and caused her to have a seizure, King said.

The suspect then ran away, along with the two teenagers involved at the beginning of the fight, King said. Other victims were not at the scene when officers arrived.

The suspect was described as being in his late 20s or early 30s, about 6-feet, 1-inch tall and weighing about 230 pounds. He was clean shaven with short hair, and was wearing an orange T-shirt and dark jeans.

Police are looking for not only the suspect, but anyone who was involved in or witnessed the attacks. Crime Stoppers has offered a reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to an arrest.